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Stella/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is touting its American Rescue Plan (ARP) COVID emergency funding program as a win for public education with nearly 90% of its funds exhausted by Monday’s deadline, according to senior Department of Education officials. The final $122 billion phase of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund […]
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona faced a barrage of questions on antisemitism and college protests during a more than three-hour hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, but repeatedly condemned all forms of hate. “Make no mistake, antisemitism is discrimination and is prohibited by Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” […]
Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will name LaWanda Toney as deputy chief of staff for strategic communications, as the secretary’s team looks to tackle college affordability with enrollment deadlines quickly approaching. “The message is clear: We want to make college possible for folks like the secretary, who’s a first-generation […]
Miguel Cardona speaks after President-Elect Joe Biden announced his nomination for Education Secretary at the Queen theatre on December 23, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Cardona, the Connecticut Education Commissioner, will face the urgent task of planning to reopen schools safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Biden Administration is […]
Geo Piatt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A teachers union in Tennessee has filed a federal lawsuit against the state education department’s restrictions on curriculum regarding race and gender in public schools. The Tennessee Education Association and five Tennessee public school educators behind the lawsuit believe the Tennessee policy that bans certain concepts from being included […]
marvinh/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Harvard University’s practice of legacy admissions is being probed by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, a spokesperson for the agency told ABC News. The investigation comes a month following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard that struck down race-based affirmative action […]
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